Having Islamic law as the basis for Iraqi law doesn't necessarily bother me. Its one of those things where the devil is in the details.
Islam talks a lot about justice. It specifically says its the duty of Muslims to obey just governments, and resist unjust ones.
One of the big problems we have in communicating with Muslims is that we keep talking about freedom. There is no word in Arabic for freedom, so it gets translated as non-enslaved.
Its not freedom we want to bring to the Middle East. When American's talk about freedom, we really mean justice. We're sloppy with our speech, and it costs us lives.
If we started talking about justice, the Quran would be on our side...
I would argue that the most Islamic government possible is a democracy, because it is the most just.
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The Quran might but the Islamics won’t.
Codename “Operation Infinite Justice” was shot down by Muslims as offensive to Muslims as Justice comes from God, not the actions of man.
Posted by Adriane | August 4, 2005 7:59 PM
Posted on August 4, 2005 19:59